School: Newtown, Fertullagh
- Location:
- Newtownlow, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: K. Shumacher
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- (continued from previous page)186) What can't be cured must be endured187) If Mahomet won't go to the mountain, the mountain must come to Mahomet188) The proof of the pudding is in the eating
189) Two wrongs don't make a wright
190) Children should be seen and not heard
191) Beauty won't make the pot boil
192) Handsome is that handsome does
193) Curses are like crows, they come home to roost
194) There's no fool like an old fool
195) Good people are scarce
196) Thinking is bad wit
197) Wisdom is more precious than rubies
198) Little deeds are little seeds
199) Lies never prosper
200) Help the lame dog over the stile
201) Never kick a man when he is down
202) Forbidden fruit is sweet203) Don't throw the dirty water out until you get in the clean 204) The road to hell is paved with good intentions - Most of the old houses in the district are farmers' houses. Some of them are slated but most are thatched. The straw for the thatch was grown on their own farms and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eric Redding
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Redding
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Atticonor, Co. Westmeath